Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

se.now'edee the force Of an arsu, uent
which involves the
WELFARE AND LIBERAL. CONFIRMATION
OF our laborins psople. Our labor 10 ho, T.
oraole In the eyes Of every American cit.i-
ssn. and lies at the foundation OF our de-
velopmsnt. It is entitled, without affecta.
no non OF hypoerisy. to the utmost regard.
Inc standard Of our laborers' lie should
not be reekonsd by that of any country
iees favored, and they are entitled to their
lull share OF our advantages. By the last
census 1t IL made to appear that of the
1882, ,O99 OF our population engaged in
eli kinds OF industries, 6,67O, ,493 are en-
ployed in agriculture, 4,O74,238 in pro.
iessional service. 2,499, ,87e OF whom are
domestic servants and laborers, while L.
S1o, ,266 are employed in trade and trans
portation, and 1887, liz are classed as
Employed at manufacturing and mining.
For present purposes. however, the last
number given should be considerably re.
dneed. Without attempting to enumerate
all, 1t will be conceded that thsre should
be deducted from those which It includes
S76. ia carpenters and joiners, 2S5,17O
milliners, dressmaksrs and seau,stressee,
172, lac blacksmiths, 1873 1856 tailors and
tailorsssse. 107, 900 masons, 76,241
butchers, 81, 800 bakers, 22.1s2 plaster.
ers, and 4.s0l manufacturing agricultural
implements, leaving Z, 2,628, ,0S9 persons
EMPLoYED IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES,
a. are claimed to be benefited by high
tariff. TO these the appeal is made to save
their employment and maintain their
wages by resisting q change. There should
be no disposition to answer such sugges-
tions by the allegations that they are in u
minority among those who labor, and
therefore should forego an advantage In
the interest OF low prices for the majority.
Their compensation. as it may be affected
by the operations OF tariff laws. should at
all times be scrupulously kept in view. And
yet with slight reflection they will not over.
look the fact that they are consumers with
the rest; that they too have their own
from their earnings, and that the prices OF
tho necessities of life a. we'll AZ tho amount
of these wants will regulate the measure OF
their welfare and comfort. But the reduc.
ton Of taxation demanded should be SO
measured as not t. necessitate or justify
either the loss OF employment by the work.
ingman nor the Iessening of his wages. and
the profits still remaining to the manufact.
urer after necessary readiustment should
furnish no excuse for the sacrifice OF the
interests OF his employees in either their op..
portunity to work or the diminution OF
their compensation, nor can the worker in
manufactures understand that while high
tor Il is claimed to he necessary to all pay
ment of remunerativs wages. ii certainly
results in
AVERY LARGE INcREAsD
In the prices of nearly all sorts OF manu-
features which, in almost countless forms,
hs needs for the use OF himseHand bis
family. BE receives ut the desk OF his
employer bis wages. and perhaps before he
reaches his home is obliged, in purchase
for family use OF an article which embraces
his own labor, to return, In the payment OF
tho increasing price which the tarih per-
mits. the hard.earned compensation Of
many days OF toll. The farmer and the
agriculturist who manufactures nothing.
but who pays the increased price which the
tariff imposes upon every agricultural
implement, upon ell he wears and upon all
he uses and owns, except the increase Of
his focks and herds or such things a. his
husbandry produces from the soil, is in.
yited to aid in maintaining the present
situation. He is told that q high duty on
imported wool is necessary for the benefit
of those who have sheep to shear, In order
that tho price OF their wool may be IN.
ersased. They, Of course. are not reminded
that tho farmer, who has no sheep. 10 ny
this scheme obliged, In his purchases OF
clothing and WOODEN goods; to pay "a tr'ouse s
to his fellow farmer as we'll as to the manu-
facturres and merchant; nor is any ment'on
made OF the fact that the sheep owners
themselves and their households must
wear e 'othing and use other articles manu-.
factnred from, the wool they sci: at tariff
prices and thus as consumers must
RETURN THEIR SHARE
increased price to the tradeeman. l think
# ma be fairly assumed that large proper
tien OF the sheep owned by the farmers
throughout the country are found in small
n,.ces numbering from twenty-five to nifty
The duty on the grade OF imported WOOL
vhich these sheen yield, is ten cents each
,o,,nd n of the value OF thirtykcents or less
and twelve cents II of the value OF more
than thirty cents. II the liberal estimate
~ s;r nounds be allowed for each fleece. tne
dntv thereon would be sixty or seventy
two cents and this may be taken as tne
utmost enhancement OF its price 90 'ne
farmer. by reason OF this duty. Eienteen
dollars would thus represent the increased M
nrice of the wool from twenty-five sneep
nd apnd thirtv.six dollars that from the wool
of fifty sheep and at present value TINS 40,
1;+ion vould amount to about one'tn'ro
;ts nrice. II on it's sale tho farmer receives
this at a less tariff profit. the WOOL leaves
his hands charged with precisely that cum
| wh;ch in all it's changes will adhere TO IT,
It'll r. reaches the consumers. When man
,,fa ctnrad into cloth and other goods ano
material for use. it's cost ls NOT oniy M
creased to the extent Of the farmers talIi
but further sum has been sooso 'ol 'N'
nrNrr,r OF THE MANUFACTURERS
under the operation Of other tarlh laws
In tbs meantime the day arrives when Tn
farmer finds it necessary 10 purcnas'
voolen goods and material to ciosne mn -,
aelf and family for the winter. Wiz =,
S;scorera that he is Obliged not only TO [s
tmrn IN the way of increased prices .a ni
ta-;ff nrofit on the wool he sold, ana wnIcI
IT,. rerhans lies before him IN manu-
t,,-eT form. but that he must aoo
.;derahje su,n thereto to meet lurtne
.ae 40 in cost caused ty tariH d1Iy o.
.l..s .Ia sss nnfactrre. Thus in the END ne
aroused to the fact that ne naH nas,,et If tn
a moderate purchase, as a resI't a h;s xool
sssm.s ss: ssss az in P;s ts
mors than Sufficient to sweep away an N =
tariff profit he received upon tho nnr,6er mSe,
produced and sold. When them the nomoe. ~ Com
aSS M 18th ali the farmers in the couhor
pa the ANAL proportion they bear 10 oS
, n,nnIation is considered; when u 10 na. :
those Who evn sheep: 1ssaeV tn. osnss and abos o
presenS sn 'ltn = must be conceded that the j,
al Of the cost Of living caused BY r;s
poyed and unemp3oysSd the asd s'tb shas s It
b and the young ana o'o' ''A
e stitutes tax when
). WITH RELENTLEss ahAsf
}. 8. ,..tensd upon the clothing OF every "s =